Taser Statistics

Thursday 27th March 2014 Written Statements

[The Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims (Damian Green)]

I am today publishing the statistics on police use of taser in England and Wales for six monthly periods between January 2012 and December 2013. These show that:

Total police use of taser has increased from 2012 to 2013, continuing the trend seen since 2009.

The proportion of taser where the “highest use” was “fired” decreased between 2012 and 2013—accounting for 17% of uses in 2013.

The most common “highest use” of a taser was “red dot” in each of the last two years, accounting for just over half of all uses.

Full details are available from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-2012-to-2013 and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House.